an Internet-Based Treasure Hunt on African Americans

Instructions | The Questions | The Internet Resources | The Big Question

Instructions
Use the Internet links below to uncover some "Treasures" of African American history past and present. Each Resource Link is used once to answer one question. After finding all the answers, move to the Big Question to bring your ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic.

You can also try an interactive version of this quiz designed to help you formulate a thesis statement. Or, you can make your own hunt using our fill-in-the-blank tool, Filamentality.

Questions

1. According to several pamphlets in this famous collection, between 1881 and 1900, about how many African Americans died as a result of mob violence?
   
   
   
   
2. One estimate of how many people worked on the Underground Railroad is?
   
   
   
   
3. When the conflict over abolition ended with the Civil War, what did demonstrators outside the White House say was the one thing more that they needed?
   
   
   
   
4. Sixty years after the Civil War ended, what federal program helped to preserve the oral histories of people who had been slaves?
   
   
   
   
5. Who came before Rosa Parks in protesting the segregation of public transportation?
   
   
   
   
6. What was it that made Nat Turner lead his famous revolt in 1831?
   
   
   
   
7. What famous black leader said, "That grave, one-sided justice will not do- The poor call for consideration, too"?
   
   
   
   
8. How did Martin Luther King Jr. think African Americans should meet the physical force thrown at them by discrimination?
   
   
   
9. What were the people at the Million Man March supposed to do right after they took the pledge?
   
   
   
   
10. What's the last sentence of the poem recited at the inauguration of President Clinton? Describe the spirit behind it.
    
    
    
    
11. Describe two habits of Nelson Mandela that show his serious dedication to achieving his goals.
    
    
    
    
12. Who dreamed of becoming a Shakespearean actor?
    
    
    
    

Internet Resource List

• Underground Railroad
• Time Line of African American History from the Library of Congress
• Sojourner Truth from the African American Biographical Profiles
• A Profile of Nat Turner from the African American Biographical Profiles
• Nelson Mandela, from the African National Congress
• Tupac Shakur, commentary from Wikipedia
• "White and Black", by Marcus Garvey
• "I have a Dream", by Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivered August 28, 1963
• "On the Pulse of the Morning", by Maya Angelou
• The Million Man March Pledge, from the Afro American Newspaper

Big Question
Look over all the questions above and your answers to them and state what you feel are the 3 - 5 main parts to the study of Black History.